1585 DE JODE, G. - Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]
Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]
| Maker: | DE JODE, G. | |
| Date: | Antwerp, 1585 | |
| Colored: | In attractive original colors. | |
| Size: | 21 x 274 mm / 0.8 x 10.8 inches | |
| Condition: | In fine condition and good margins. In superb original coloring and details heightened in gold. | |
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Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, elegantissimis imaginabus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera: nunc primum in lucem editus (and) Thesaurus Novi Testamenti" in superb original coloring and details heightened in gold.
The work was first published in 1579 by Gerard de Jode. A second, extended edition of the book followed in 1585.
The engraving was made after a design by Maerten de Vos (1532-1603)
The Antwerp De Jode family consists of four generations of publishers, designers and engravers, working between c.1550 and 1670, throughout the 'golden age' of Flemish printÂmaking and painting.
Gerard de Jode (1509 - 1591). can be regarded as the second most successful Antwerp print publisher of the mid-16th century justifies the revised and improved publication of all prints issued by him, including his entire print bible (the Thesaurus) and atlas (the Speculum Orbis Terrarum).
Gerard de Jode's largest project was his print bible, known as the Thesaurus. Published first in 1579 in an Old Testament edition only, the Thesaurus consisted mostly of a compilation of series which De Jode already had in stock. To the second edition of 1585, he added a newly engraved series to the Old and New Testaments. Between these two editions something interesting happened, which sets De Jode apart from other publishers. In the second edition, several plates were replaced by new ones or heavily reworked. It can only be concluded that De Jode felt the need to aesthetically update his older prints, something no other contemporary publisher is known to have done.
Gerard was the great rival of Ortelius; both made a living out of selling maps, and it seems not always on good terms. Ortelius was probably responsible for a delay in the publication of Gerard de Jode's Speculum. Gerard De Jode, 18 years older than Ortelius, owned many more copper plates for maps than Ortelius had. Ortelius did not employ highly paid engravers as De Jode had done.
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Reference: Hans Mielke, 'Der Thesaurus Veteris et Novi Testamenti des GdJ', in 'Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 1975, pp.29-83.
Gerard de Jode (1508(?)-1591)
A native of Nijmegen. He began his career as a printer and engraver in Antwerp about 1550. He lived near the Bourse on the Catelijne Veste, or on "de Catte". He was in regular contact with Christoffel Plantin, to whom he sold many prints and maps. De Jode's business, likely a major one among Antwerp's many booksellers and printers, was represented at the Frankfurt fair, where he bought maps he later copied or resold. Most of the maps sold by De Jode have prototypes of Italian or German origin. Apart from his numerous separately published maps, Gerard de Jode is best known for his atlas, Speculum Orbis Terrarum, which was published in 1578. He did part of the engraving himself, and his brothers, Jan and Lucas van Doetecum, did the rest. Gerard de Jode and Abraham Ortelius, both map sellers, were competitors and often had strained relations. After the death of Gerard de Jode in 1591, the business was carried on by his widow, Pascale van Gelder and his son, Cornelis (1568-1600). More a publisher than an engraver, the latter reissued the Speculum in 1593, adding new maps and revising others. Despite all its deficiencies, the Speculum must have had a good reputation.
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